How to Use halo effect in a Sentence

halo effect

noun
  • The product gave me a light halo effect and left all things greasy at the door.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 11 Jan. 2024
  • That halo effect is observed time and time again.
    — James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • And to be clear, the halo effect is not contained to the top execs.
    — Ammar Maraqa, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The depth on each side of the eye with a bit of shimmer in the middle creates a halo effect.
    — Tynan Sinks, Allure, 28 Sep. 2018
  • In turn, the halo effect of these sales drives up album sales in general.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Fiber candy versus high fiber snacks This is where the health halo effect comes in.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • Simply dab it onto the center of your lips to perfect the halo effect.
    — Glamour Spain, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Mega prices can also have a temporary halo effect on the tiers below, at least up to a point.
    — James Tarmy, Bloomberg.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Stopping just short of the hair part lends a halo effect, says Clarke, as though there’s a ring light above your head.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But the scholars also conclude that the choice can produce a sort of halo effect.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Both men possess the ability to create a halo effect around their work.
    — Isaac Cheifetz, Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • Delicate locs were woven into her hair and arranged in a halo effect around the crown of her head.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a halo effect into their retail channel.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Simply dab it into the centre of the lips to complete the halo effect—soft, pillowy, and dreamy.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Reckitt will work with companies to improve hygiene standards, with a halo effect for its brands.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Amazon said the record sales had a halo effect on small- and medium-sized businesses that use the platform.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Tariffs will have direct impacts and create a halo effect.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • If the program is well-known and/or highly regarded, your brand gets a halo effect from the strong brand of the program.
    — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Kate’s halo effect has often increased the sales of brands she is seen wearing or even those that emulated her style.
    — Ariel Shapiro, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The halo effect—our tendency to let one strong trait (like confidence) blind us to others (like arrogance)—is alive and well.
    — Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • So showing up in a summary presumably has a halo effect.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The late games also had a halo effect in primetime for CBS and Fox.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Every artist benefited from the halo effect of what the success of one entity brought to the next.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The reverse can also happen and a great first answer from the candidate creates a halo effect.
    — Chaka Booker, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Measuring a shop’s halo effect on the online business is the difficult bit.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Psychologists refer to this as the halo effect.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • But these were mostly side hustles or services made to create a halo effect for Apple hardware.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The halo effect was a term coined by the psychologist Edward Thorndike.
    — Melinda Fouts, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Creating spaces that shoppers gravitate toward and want to spend time in has a halo effect on the tenant stores.
    — Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • The halo effect could be enormous and offer the possibility of treating others in high-stress fields.
    — Time, 13 Oct. 2021

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